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Rests on 3 statements not proved in this library, by way of the results it cites. This item cites no such statement directly; it depends on results that do. The unproved premises it inherits are Cohen's first model: an infinite Dedekind-finite set of reals, Sierpiński 1947: the generalised continuum hypothesis implies the Axiom of Choice and The continuum hypothesis and its generalisation are independent of ZFC. Each is recorded with a citation to the literature and is not established here, because the track that would prove it has not yet been developed in this library. Everything else in this proof is proved here.

Under choice, c(X)d(X)w(X)c(X)\le d(X)\le w(X) and χ(X),L(X)w(X)\chi(X),L(X)\le w(X)

Statement

Assuming choice, c(X)d(X)w(X)c(X)\le d(X)\le w(X) and χ(X),L(X)w(X)\chi(X),L(X)\le w(X).

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A topological space XX, the Axiom of Choice, a basis B\mathcal B of cardinality w(X)w(X), and a dense subset DD of cardinality d(X)d(X).

[L1]

The raw definitions make w(X)w(X) and d(X)d(X) the least cardinalities of a basis and a dense subset, make χ(X)\chi(X) the supremum of the local characters, make L(X)L(X) the least cardinal bounding subcovers, and make c(X)c(X) the supremum of sizes of pairwise-disjoint nonempty open families (Under choice, weight w(X)w(X), density d(X)d(X), local character χ(x,X)\chi(x,X), and character χ(X)\chi(X) as raw cardinal minima and a supremum, Under choice, Lindelöf degree L(X)L(X) and cellularity c(X)c(X) as raw cardinal functions).

[A1]

The Axiom of Choice chooses one member from each nonempty set in a family (The Axiom of Choice).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

Choose one point from each nonempty BBB\in\mathcal B; the chosen set meets every nonempty open set because B\mathcal B is a basis, so it is dense and has cardinality at most B|\mathcal B|.

A1L1
1.2

For each xXx\in X, the subfamily {BB:xB}\{B\in\mathcal B:x\in B\} is a local base at xx and has cardinality at most B|\mathcal B|, so every local character, and therefore its supremum χ(X)\chi(X), is at most w(X)w(X).

L1
1.3

Given an open cover, choose for each BBB\in\mathcal B that lies in a cover member one such member; these at most B|\mathcal B| chosen sets still cover XX, so L(X)w(X)L(X)\le w(X).

A1L1
1.4

For a pairwise-disjoint family U\mathcal U of nonempty open sets, choose a point of DUD\cap U for each UUU\in\mathcal U; disjointness makes this assignment injective into DD, so Ud(X)|\mathcal U|\le d(X) and c(X)d(X)c(X)\le d(X).

A1L1
2.1

Steps 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 give c(X)d(X)w(X)c(X)\le d(X)\le w(X) and χ(X),L(X)w(X)\chi(X),L(X)\le w(X).

step 1.1step 1.2step 1.3step 1.4

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